AVMG 1010 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
On September 1st, 1939 Germany invaded ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Poland
_____ is German for lightning war and described fast-moving assaults using motorized infantry and
tanks supported by aircraft. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Blitzkrieg
From late May into early June 1940, the British Expeditionary force and part of France's Northern Army
evacuated across the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅English Channel
A _____ is a single mission by a single aircraft. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sortie
By June 1940, Germany occupied the majority of _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅France
In London, ____ organized the Free French and included French territories in North Africa in this new
organization. A French resistance movement also formed. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅General Charles De
Gaulle
The ____ was an air war intended to precede an invasion of the British Isles. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Battle of Britain
The ____ was an air attack on London and other British cities beginning September 1940. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Blitz
On September 14th, 1940, ____ forces downed 56 German bombers in one day. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅British
In 1940, ____ approved the massive Development of Landing areas for National Defense that provided
construction funds for 535 airports nationwide. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Congress
The ____ also assumed operation of airport traffic control in 1941 and extended air traffic control to all
airways in 1942. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Civil Aeronautics Administration
, On December 7th, 1941, the _____ attacked Pearl Harbor with 31 vessels and 432 aircraft. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Japanese
The Civilian Pilot Training Program and its successor the War Training Service contracted with many
colleges and universities to train civilian ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pilots
On July 19th, 1941, 12 African-American aviation cadets and 1 African-American officer reported to the
____ for flight training. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tuskegee Army Air Field
Despite its European origin, the helicopter was made practical and was produced in quantity in _____ in
the 1940s. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the United States
The promise of ____ encouraged helicopter design in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅federal
funds
Sikorsky made his initial flight in the ____ on September 14,1939. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅VS-300
_____ was the only company that produced helicopters during WW2. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sikorsky
During the war, the ____ developed the revolutionary V-1 flying bomb, or cruise missile, and the long
range ballistic V-2 rocket, or guided missile. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Germans
Great Britain developed _____ throughout the 1930s, and it was placed into operation in 1939. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Radar
The ____ led the wartime research program in the United State on deicing. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
The Southern Front began as an extension of ____ prewar imperialistic expansion in Africa. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Italy's
On September 1st, 1939 Germany invaded ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Poland
_____ is German for lightning war and described fast-moving assaults using motorized infantry and
tanks supported by aircraft. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Blitzkrieg
From late May into early June 1940, the British Expeditionary force and part of France's Northern Army
evacuated across the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅English Channel
A _____ is a single mission by a single aircraft. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sortie
By June 1940, Germany occupied the majority of _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅France
In London, ____ organized the Free French and included French territories in North Africa in this new
organization. A French resistance movement also formed. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅General Charles De
Gaulle
The ____ was an air war intended to precede an invasion of the British Isles. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Battle of Britain
The ____ was an air attack on London and other British cities beginning September 1940. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Blitz
On September 14th, 1940, ____ forces downed 56 German bombers in one day. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅British
In 1940, ____ approved the massive Development of Landing areas for National Defense that provided
construction funds for 535 airports nationwide. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Congress
The ____ also assumed operation of airport traffic control in 1941 and extended air traffic control to all
airways in 1942. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Civil Aeronautics Administration
, On December 7th, 1941, the _____ attacked Pearl Harbor with 31 vessels and 432 aircraft. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Japanese
The Civilian Pilot Training Program and its successor the War Training Service contracted with many
colleges and universities to train civilian ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pilots
On July 19th, 1941, 12 African-American aviation cadets and 1 African-American officer reported to the
____ for flight training. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Tuskegee Army Air Field
Despite its European origin, the helicopter was made practical and was produced in quantity in _____ in
the 1940s. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the United States
The promise of ____ encouraged helicopter design in the United States. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅federal
funds
Sikorsky made his initial flight in the ____ on September 14,1939. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅VS-300
_____ was the only company that produced helicopters during WW2. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sikorsky
During the war, the ____ developed the revolutionary V-1 flying bomb, or cruise missile, and the long
range ballistic V-2 rocket, or guided missile. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Germans
Great Britain developed _____ throughout the 1930s, and it was placed into operation in 1939. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Radar
The ____ led the wartime research program in the United State on deicing. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
The Southern Front began as an extension of ____ prewar imperialistic expansion in Africa. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Italy's
